Christopher Morris
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
xii, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In The Big Muddy, The First Long-Term Environmental History Of The Mississippi, Christopher Morris offers a brilliant tour across five centuries as he illuminates the interaction between people and the landscape, from early hunter-gatherer bands to present-day industrial and post-industrial society.
Morris shows that when Hernando de Soto arrived at the lower Mississippi Valley, he found an incredibly vast wetland, forty thousand square miles of...
Series
Handbook of energy volume 1
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 online resource (vi, 1018 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Handbook of Energy, Volume I: Diagrams, Charts, and Tables provides comprehensive, organized coverage on all phases of energy and its role in society, including its social, economic, political, historical, and environmental aspects. While there is a wealth of information about energy available, it is spread across many books, journals, and websites and it tends to target either a particular form of energy or a specific audience. Handbook of Energy...
Publisher
Elsevier
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Handbook of Energy, Volume II: Chronologies, Top Ten Lists, and Word Clouds draws together a comprehensive account of the energy field from the prestigious and award-winning authors of the Encyclopedia of Energy (2004), The Dictionary of Energy, Expanded Edition (2009), and the Handbook of Energy, Volume I (2013). Handbook of Energy, Volume II takes the wealth of information about historical aspects of energy spread across many books, journals, websites,...
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1983
Physical Desc
xv, 264 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An alphabetical list of nearly 1500 common words with meanings, explanatory sentences, and illustrations for those words considered "conceptual." Includes sections on language and the earth.
Series
Walter Prescott Webb memorial lectures volume 29
Publisher
Published for the University of Texas at Arlington by Texas A&M University Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVD (approximately 4 hours, 8 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Former Senator Selina Meyer was a charismatic leader and a rising star in her party with her eye on the White House, then she became Vice President. VEEP follows the whirlwind day-to day existence of Vice President Meyer as she puts out political fires, juggles a busy public schedule and demanding private life, and defends the President's interests, even as she tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with the Chief Executive.
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVD (approximately 5 hours) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Julia Louis-Dreyfus returns for a second season in her Emmy winning role as Vice President Selina Meyer in VEEP. As midterm elections loom, Vice President Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the chief executive. But despite her best intentions, even the most banal actions can set off unexpected and often disastrous consequences. Her staff...
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
2 DVD (approximately 5 hours, 11 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
Season three begins with Selina, eying a promotion, courting Iowa caucus voters at a signing for her new book, 'Some new beginnings.' Soon, Selina and her staff, are back in D.C. for Mike's wedding, learn that Secretary of Defense Maddox is resigning; setting Selina up for a possible run in the presidential primaries against Maddox and her nemesis, war-vet Danny Chung.